Controversial Shepherd’s Bush Market plans set for approval

Developers Orion Shepherd’s Bush Limited are hoping to rejuvenate the 98-year-old market as part of an ambitious project

CONTROVERSIAL plans to regenerate Shepherd’s Bush Market are edging closer to reality after being recommended for planning approval.

Developers Orion Shepherd’s Bush Limited are hoping to rejuvenate the 98-year-old market as part of an ambitious project that will also include 194 luxury apartments up to seven-storeys high, a new row of 13 terraced houses, and piazzas.

It would also see a row of historic Goldhawk Road business torn down and relocated.

Shop owners on the stretch, which dates back to the 19th Century, are taking their fight to the High Court with their judicial review into the council’s consultation process set to be heard on May 15 and 16.

But the decision on whether to grant Orion outline permission for the scheme will be made at the council’s planning committee on Wednesday night (8/1).

Shepherd’s Bush Market plan gets green light – traders to fight on

WORK to redevelop Shepherd’s Bush Market could begin next year after the controversial plans were given the go-ahead.

The council’s planning committee granted outline approval for developer Orion Shepherd’s Bush Limited (OSBL) to push forward with their plans to spruce up the 98-year-old site.

It will include 194 luxury apartments built above the market, a new row of 13 terraced houses, several new market squares and temporary trading space and is hoped to bring in around £3.2m of extra revenue per year.

But a row of historic businesses on Goldhawk Road will be demolished and relocated in new shops set back from the road as part of a new market entrance.